Sidelined AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran will contest the high-voltage bypolls from RK Nagar, the assembly seat previously held by late Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa.
“With the blessings of Amma and Sasikala, TTV Dinakaran will contest in the RK Nagar bypolls," Anbalagan, member of Dhinakaran faction of AIADMK said on 29 November, Wednesday.
Nephew of jailed former AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, Dhinakaran said that the bypoll is a chance to “prove our strength.”
EPS doesn’t even have the numbers of MLAs. It’s a government people dislike. 99 percent of AIADMK aides are with Sasikala so we have nothing to worry about. Wait and watch the RK Nagar polls you’ll see who the people support.TTV Dhinakaran
The RK Nagar seat fell vacant after former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s demise last year.
The Election Commission (EC) recently announced 21 December as the date for the bypoll. The results for these constituencies will be declared on 24 December.
The camp lead by Chief Minister E Palaniswami and O Paneerselvam were allotted the AIADMK two-leaves symbol by the EC on 23 November. The decision was termed unfair by the Dhinakaran camp, who currently does not have a symbol.
Earlier this year, the EC cancelled the scheduled RK Nagar bypolls after the ‘cash-for-votes’ scandal. Documents were seized after raids on Health Minister Vijaya Baskar, which indicated crores of rupees being set aside to distribute to voters in the constituency.
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